Ice Archive

Ontario-based photographer Michael Davies captured captured this impressive shot of his friend Markus hurling a thermos of hot tea through the air in -40°C weather. At such frigid temperatures water freezes instantly to form a dramatic plume of ice. Markus threw the hot tea into the freezing air, which resulted in one seriously stunning image.

The exhibition called Minimum Monument took place in Birmingham. 5000 ice sculptures were placed on the steps by the public to remember the men and women – who made sacrifices in #WWI. The Brazilian artiset Nele Azevedo placed the sculptures in Chamberlain Square.

A seven metre long ice sculpture of a crocodile made by a retired art teacher Liu Qingwu and his friends in Jilin City, Jilin Province, China. It took him around 10 days to complete this giant crocodile sculpture.

A couple winters ago, reddit user SearonTrejorek took this incredible photo when he peeled a perfect layer of ice off a Magnolia tree’s leaf. It took him a few tries as the ice melt quickly and it was tough to peel off a perfect layer without breaking.

A giant version of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous sketch ‘Vitruvian Man’ depicted melting from the sea ice into the Arctic Ocean has been constructed just 800 kilometers from the North Pole, as a call for urgent action on climate change.